CH-1 History One Word Questions and

Answers
Q1Define the word ‘history’.
Solution:
History is ‘a record of all known past events’.

Q2 What are the events that are usually recorded in history books?
Solution:
The events that are usually recorded are wars, crowning of kings and
events related to kingdoms and the lives of rulers.

Q3 Who wrote Poverty and Un- British Rule in India?.

Dadabhai Naoroji

Q4Who introduced the culture of recording everything?

British

Q5 Which century is taken as the starting point of the modern period?

Eighteenth

Q6 Name the place where changing trends were first visible?

Europe

Q7 Indian historians called the modern period by which name?

Colonial period

Q8 Write the names of literary sources

Government reports, administrative records,official records of British

surveys

Q9 Write the names of surveys

Population , revenue , land

Q10 Write the names of indigenous records

Diaries , accounts of pilgrims ,newspaper, books,novels, leaflets.

Q11 history is divided into how many parts?

three
12.In which century did the printing got spread?
Answer:
By the middle of 19th century.

13.What all were absent under British rule.

Answer:
Equality, freedom and liberty were absent under British rule.

14.What are the forces of modernity?

Answer:
Science, reason, democracy, liberty and equality

15.Which practice became important under colonial administration?

Answer:
The Practice of Surveying.

16.What is history?
Answer:
History is about finding of things that were in the past and it also narrates how the things
have changed.

17.What does the Census operations consist of?

Answer:
Census operation consists of the detailed records of the number of people in all
provinces in India, information on castes, religions and occupations of the people at that

Q18. When The National Archives of India came up?

Ans. The National Archives of India came up in the 1920s.
Q19. How did paintings project Governor-Generals?
Ans. Paintings projected Governor-Generals as powerful figures.

Q20. Who became the first governor general of British India?

Ans. Warren Hastings became the first Governor-General of India in 1773.

Q21. What did James Mills think about all Asian societies?
Ans. Mill thought that all Asian societies were at a lower level of civilisation
than Europe.

Q22. How have historians divided Indian history?

Ans. Historians have usually divided Indian history into ‘ancient’, ‘medieval’
and ‘modern’.

Q23. Why do many historians refer to modern period as colonial?

Ans. Under British rule people did not have equality, freedom or liberty. Nor
was the period one of economic growth and progress. Many historians
therefore refer to this period as ‘colonial’.

Q24. What do you mean by the term ' colonisation'?

Ans. When one country subjugate another country which leads to political,
economic, social and cultural changes refer to colonisation.
time.

Q25 An important source regarding dates is _____ of British administration.

Ans- official records

Q26 British introduced practise of ______ to know about rural topography.

Ans surveying
Q27 Who wrote the book Poverty and Un British rule?
Ans Dadabhai Naoroji

Q28 Which century is taken as the starting point of the modern period?
Ans 18 Century

Q29 Who brought out the first issue of the newspaper Harijan?

Ans Gandhijj

Q30 Who has introduced the culture of recording everything?

Ans British

Q31 Why dates are important in history?

Ans Dates are important in history because it tell us about events.

Q32 Colonisation is the process by which a country is ____

Ans Subjugated

Q33 When does modern period starts in India?

Ans In India the modern period starts after the death of Aurangzeb in 1707.

Q34 where Modern era period was first visible ?

Ans In Europe

Q35 Who wrote Mahratta?

Ans It is Written by Bal Gangadhar Tilak